loef
Dutch (Brabantic)
noun
Definitions
- luff, windward side of a sail or ship. (no plural)
- (obsolete) Originally, an obscure nautical device turned to change a sailing ship’s course.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch *loef inherited from Old Dutch *luof inherited from Proto-Germanic *lōf- derived from Proto-Indo-European *lāp- (cow, shine).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*lāp-
Gloss
cow, shine
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aloof English
- aloofly English
- aloofness English
- cryoglove English
- deglove English
- footglove English
- foxglove English
- glove English
- glove box English
- glovebag English
- gloveful English
- gloveless English
- glovelike English
- glovemaker English
- gloveman English
- glover English
- glovesman English
- glovework English
- handglove English
- unglove English
- workglove English
- luovi Finnish
- luovia Finnish
- loefwaarts Dutch, Flemish
- λαμπάς Ancient Greek
- *lāp- Proto-Indo-European
- *lōf- Proto-Germanic
- *lōfô Proto-Germanic
- lov Swedish
- グローブ Japanese
- lóve Norwegian Nynorsk
- glove Middle English
- loof Middle English
- lófi Old Norse
- lófi Icelandic
- *loef Middle Dutch
- lógvi Faroese
- *luof Old Dutch
- lōf Middle Low German
- glavu Swahili
- igilavu Zulu